The Food and Drug Administration has been ordered to make the morning-after emergency contraceptive pill available nationwide to teenagers without a prescription.

The morning-after pill, which women may want to take within 72 hours of unprotected sex, is available at pharmacies across California for teenagers now, but if you're under 17 it requires a prescription.

"We are too young to be needing this pill. And we should wait until we're more mature and understand everything about it," she said.

But to Dr. Ruth Haskins, an OB-GYN in Folsom, removing age restrictions for the morning-after pill is cause for celebration.

"I jumped up and down for joy. This increases access for women of all ages to something that is an extraordinarily effective form of birth control," Haskins said.

California already allows anyone 17 and older to buy the morning-after pill without a prescription, but the federal ruling opens up the pathways to even greater access.

"What this ruling does in California, it moves the emergency contraception from behind the pharmacy counter to the store shelves, making it more accessible for the women that need it," said Raquel Simental, of Planned Parenthood Sacramento.

But the ruling is controversial, especially in the Thompson family.

"I think it's absolutely taking away our rights as a parent. We need to be involved with our children, with their education, with their health," Thompson said.

Friday's ruling is not final. Health and Human Services is looking at a possible appeal of the ruling on behalf of the federal government.